23 High Street, Oxted, RH8 9LN

23 High Street is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Oxted (RH8 9LN). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £461,000 sits 319.3% above the 1996 sale of £109,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£125/sq ft) was about 65.8% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.